On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Jeffrey Thunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For many years I've used OpenBSD on "older" hardware for my
> home firewall/router. Now I have need of (another) network switch and
> rather than buy one, I'd like to make my own using old Sun hardware
> and OpenBSD.
You'd probably save a lot in the long run if you just bought a cheap 8
port Ethernet switch.
> I don't see how I can use pf with
> rdr (or nat) or bridges to pull this off. If someone could point me in
> the right direction (a webpage, a book, anything), I'd appreciate it very
> much. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.
Assuming your devices are hme0 through hme7, just create
/etc/bridgename.bridge0 with:
add hme0
add hme1
...
add hme7
up
and then run "sh /etc/netstart bridge0" as root, and you should be good.
